Classic Pulps

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Dive into CLASSIC PULPS, a podcast delivering full-cast audio storytelling of mystery stories, science fiction, and other beloved pulp genres. With rich story narration, each episode brings classic pulps alive, exploring  mystery, horror, science fiction, Westerns, and more. This series honors the legacy of these American classics but includes a disclaimer for outdated social attitudes and stereotypes. DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards. Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw Audio production © Keith Brian Shaw Digital Voice Actors are created with elevenLabs.ai Source texts are in the Public Domain or used with the permission of the copyright holder.

  1. Out of This World

    EPISODE 1

    Out of This World

    On a brutal prison moon where forty condemned men mine deadly ore under the rule of a sadistic overseer, a desperate escape plot ignites a deadly reckoning—one that will reveal just how far vengeance can push men beyond the edge of humanity. Published in Planet Stories (Summer, 1942) Written by Henry Hasse

    41 min
  2. Hands Beyond the Grave

    EPISODE 2

    Hands Beyond the Grave

    On the eve of his wedding, a wealthy young man is haunted by a ghostly apparition and a murderous force from beyond the grave—one that can possess his body, strike without warning, and turn the woman he loves into its final target. Published in TERROR TALES (1934). Written by Henry Treat Sperry.

    55 min
  3. Tin Star

    EPISODE 3

    Tin Star

    After a ruthless outlaw gang blasts a frontier bank to splinters, an aging deputy joins forces with an ambitious sheriff whose hunger for glory may be deadlier than the killers they hunt—driving both men into a brutal mountain manhunt where pride, bullets, and fate collide. Published in FIFTEEN WESTERN TALES (December, 1950). Written by George C. Appell.

    55 min
  4. Who is Natalie?

    EPISODE 4

    Who is Natalie?

    Tawny March thought juggling a Marine and a Soldier was trouble enough—until a wrong number brought a Navy man with eyes like storm-tossed seas! Now three uniforms, two proposals, and one sizzling secret threaten to set her heart—and her future—on fire! Published in ALL-STORY LOVE (November, 1947). Written by Ruth Brown.

    4 min
  5. All-Story Love Magazine

    EPISODE 4 BONUS

    All-Story Love Magazine

    Veronica talks ALL-STORY LOVE magazine

    6 min
  6. Cave of the Criss-Cross Knives

    EPISODE 5

    Cave of the Criss-Cross Knives

    Ordered on a suicide mission to a forbidden Pacific island, two Secret Service operatives parachute into a jungle nightmare of purple gods, savage rituals, and a mad spy king ruling from a cave of living death—where one wrong move means sacrifice on an altar of criss-cross knives. Published in SPICY ADVENTURE (April, 1935). Written by C. C. Spruce.

    34 min
  7. Terror of the Corpse Balloons [1]

    EPISODE 6

    Terror of the Corpse Balloons [1]

    [1/2] People rise screaming into the night sky until their bodies are engulfed in horrendous fiery explosions, as a masked mastermind terrifies a city with unimaginable murders. Only Edward V. King stands between the killers and their next victim—but even he may be too late. Published in STRANGE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES (March/April1939). Written by Nat Scachner.

    31 min
  8. Terror of the Corpse Balloons [2]

    EPISODE 7

    Terror of the Corpse Balloons [2]

    [2/2] As the death toll rises Edward V. King and Pat Lee race to solve the murders by levitation. Can they release New York from the grip of fear? Written by Nat Scachner for STRANGE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES (March/April1939).

    22 min
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Dive into CLASSIC PULPS, a podcast delivering full-cast audio storytelling of mystery stories, science fiction, and other beloved pulp genres. With rich story narration, each episode brings classic pulps alive, exploring  mystery, horror, science fiction, Westerns, and more. This series honors the legacy of these American classics but includes a disclaimer for outdated social attitudes and stereotypes. DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards. Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw Audio production © Keith Brian Shaw Digital Voice Actors are created with elevenLabs.ai Source texts are in the Public Domain or used with the permission of the copyright holder.

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  • Episodes
    42
  • Seasons
    1
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